I don’t need to tell you how bad the Florida Gators defense was in 2020.
The sheer volume — quantity, yes, but also, like, decibel level — of people calling for Todd Grantham’s head last year is a good sign of where things were defensively. Some of that came from the same people who make bad-faith calls for firings all the time, too — but Grantham’s unit was nowhere near Florida’s standard, ranking near the bottom in the SEC for points and yards allowed.
To its credit, the defense was top ten in the country and second in the conference for sacks, but the big plays don’t matter as much when you’re bleeding yardage and points.